The Spectator: Corrected from the Originals, Volume 5George B. Whittaker, 1827 |
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Page 99
... told me smiling , I was in the inquisition . You may believe I was not a little startled at what he meant , and more so when he asked me if I had be- spoke any thing of late that was fine . I told him several ; upon which he produced a ...
... told me smiling , I was in the inquisition . You may believe I was not a little startled at what he meant , and more so when he asked me if I had be- spoke any thing of late that was fine . I told him several ; upon which he produced a ...
Page 154
... told me t'other night , that he had been reading my paper upon Westminster - abbey , in which , says he , there are a great many ingenious fancies . He told me at the same time , that he observed I had promised another paper upon the ...
... told me t'other night , that he had been reading my paper upon Westminster - abbey , in which , says he , there are a great many ingenious fancies . He told me at the same time , that he observed I had promised another paper upon the ...
Page 184
... told beforehand that it was a good church of England comedy . ' He then proceeded to inquire of me who this distrest mother was ; and upon hearing that she was Hector's widow , he told me that her husband was a brave man , and that when ...
... told beforehand that it was a good church of England comedy . ' He then proceeded to inquire of me who this distrest mother was ; and upon hearing that she was Hector's widow , he told me that her husband was a brave man , and that when ...
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